[CnD] Awesome Alien Cupcakes
Awesome Alien Cupcakes Have Halloween fun! Create sweet aliens and surprise your goblins. 1 box (18.25 oz) Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food or yellow cake mix Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box 6 cups Kix® cereal 3 tablespoons butter or margarine 4 cups miniature marshmallows 1/4 teaspoon orange neon gel or paste food color (from 2.7-oz tube) 48 gummy peach ring candies (from three 4.25-oz bags) 48 candy-coated chocolate candies Black decorating gel (from 0.68-oz tube) 48 thin pretzel sticks 20 drops green food color 1 container (12 ounce) Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. 2. Bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. In large bowl, place cereal. 4. In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows; stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir in orange food color. Pour marshmallow mixture over cereal in bowl, stirring until well coated. 5. For feet, place 2 gummy candies on cookie sheet. Spray inside of 1/4-cup measuring cup with cooking spray. For body, fill measuring cup with warm cereal mixture; place over feet, releasing cereal mixture and covering back half of feet. Repeat with remaining gummy candies and cereal mixture to make 24 aliens. Use 2 candy-coated chocolate candies for eyes and black decorating gel to make centers of eyes. Insert 2 pretzels for antennae. 6. Stir green food color into frosting container; frost cupcakes with frosting. Place 1 alien on top of each cupcake; press gently to secure. Store uncovered at room temperature. Make the Most of This Recipe How-To Too many aliens? Bake and cool cupcakes as directed on package. Wrap 12 cupcakes tightly in food-safe plastic wrap and freeze for future use. Divide remaining ingredient amounts in half, and make 12 alien cupcakes. Enjoy. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
[CnD] Awesome Alien Cupcakes
Awesome Alien Cupcakes Have Halloween fun! Create sweet aliens and surprise your goblins. 1 box (18.25 oz) Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food or yellow cake mix Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box 6 cups Kix® cereal 3 tablespoons butter or margarine 4 cups miniature marshmallows 1/4 teaspoon orange neon gel or paste food color (from 2.7-oz tube) 48 gummy peach ring candies (from three 4.25-oz bags) 48 candy-coated chocolate candies Black decorating gel (from 0.68-oz tube) 48 thin pretzel sticks 20 drops green food color 1 container (12 ounce) Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. 2. Bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. In large bowl, place cereal. 4. In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows; stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir in orange food color. Pour marshmallow mixture over cereal in bowl, stirring until well coated. 5. For feet, place 2 gummy candies on cookie sheet. Spray inside of 1/4-cup measuring cup with cooking spray. For body, fill measuring cup with warm cereal mixture; place over feet, releasing cereal mixture and covering back half of feet. Repeat with remaining gummy candies and cereal mixture to make 24 aliens. Use 2 candy-coated chocolate candies for eyes and black decorating gel to make centers of eyes. Insert 2 pretzels for antennae. 6. Stir green food color into frosting container; frost cupcakes with frosting. Place 1 alien on top of each cupcake; press gently to secure. Store uncovered at room temperature. Make the Most of This Recipe How-To Too many aliens? Bake and cool cupcakes as directed on package. Wrap 12 cupcakes tightly in food-safe plastic wrap and freeze for future use. Divide remaining ingredient amounts in half, and make 12 alike. Enjoy. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
